silly question

[chickenmomma6]

I have a bunch of red raspberries growing in the area that is gunna be my chickens new run. are they ok for the chickens to eat or should I get rid of the berry bushes. and will the chicken eat the whole plant or just the berries

 

[ashlierami]

I have a bunch of red raspberries growing in the area that is gunna be my chickens new run. are they ok for the chickens to eat or should I get rid of the berry bushes. and will the chicken eat the whole plant or just the berries

They will enjoy the berries to my knowledge. I'd leave it. That's a snack for them to enjoy and entertainment. I have a wild blackberry bush in my back field they pick the berries and leave the bush. They may give the leaves a try but they will be interested in the berries.

 

[LittleMissCountry]

Yes, leave it! My chickens love the blackberry and raspberry bushes at our house. They strip the berries, but mine don't eat the leaves. However, if they were inside the run, they might eat the leaves just because they are green and available.

 

[snow5164]

I’ve had no experience but my raspberry bushes are very prickly , I’d remove them , but that’s just me

 

[ChickenCanoe]

The chickens will deprive you of any berry harvest since they'll eat them before you can. They won't eat the plants.
I would only move them if you want to eat the berries yourself.

 

[rosemarythyme]

Raspberries are fine for chickens. I imagine it might dye the poop, so don't be alarmed if you get pink poop from them!

The chickens will deprive you of any berry harvest since they'll eat them before you can.

I wish my chickens would deprive me of a harvest - I have over an acre of blackberry.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Raspberries are fine for chickens. I imagine it might dye the poop, so don't be alarmed if you get pink poop from them!



I wish my chickens would deprive me of a harvest - I have over an acre of blackberry.

My place is covered with mulberry trees and they can never get through them all.
Lucky you for having that many blackberries.

 

[GC-Raptor]

My hens won't touch em, for two years now. My berries were ripe last month and I picked some and offered to them. They just tip up their beaks.
My girls will pick a whole apple apart. Yesterday they got a plum that was a little soft.
My bush is not in their pen. If it were they might figure out how delicious they are. GC

 

[MissChick@dee]

I have 3 different raspberry bushes. One is just outside the gate of my run. The first time I’ve let newbies out for the first time they run to it and peck peck peck. They soon learn that it’s not so tasty and move on to the next green thing they see. FUN to watch their first time.
They’ll be fine. For whatever reason my chickens don’t like the berries even when I pick them and offer them. I’m thankful for that! My hubby loves them on his Cheerio’s. Now grapes off my vines different story. My girls will sit politely and just wait & wait & cry for them.

 

[lazy gardener]

My birds absolutely love raspberries. And they love to hang out in the raspberry thicket when I allow them to access the garden in the fall. If they are cultivated berries, and you want to salvage the plants, I'd dig up some and transplant them before the chickens get a chance to kill them.